 Ya smutaz Hake mwa kwa hwana huma na kanyaga kwa uziu Anza hwita ya nanakwa kua mwa umu na kwenya Yama mozikumia tohia Kwa whisa ahse nwa juur K Sporta Yesu muna KUREN Nukkwa wajama so na kwenya aizu Kwa kwa wajama Mwa young leader at Kenya Girl Guide Association Alright, baby introduce yourself My name is Fidele Awol and I'm also a young leader from Kenya Girl Guide Association Before we even get to the initiatives tell us a bit about Kenya Girl Guide Association I know most of us know it but maybe for those who don't know about Kenya Girl Guide Association So Kenya Girl Guide Association is a girls only movement It's the largest in Kenya and the world body is also the largest girls group in the world that is world and we deal with empowering girls to exploit and realize their potential and just create ways in which girls can make the world a better place So anything to do with development of young women from as early age as three years old All the way to infinity So Kenya Girl Guide Association is not only a movement for me in my mind what I'm telling myself because I remember girl guides they are the ones who were in I think when you get to high school it changes to scout It doesn't change So we have different stages or age groups We start with the rainbows who are the youngest below age six and then we come to brownies who are in lower primary school and then girl guides who are in upper primary school and then rangers who are in high school and then after high school you get young leaders who we have at and it keeps going to bravo guides to triple guild does not have an end Alright Fidelia How long have you been in this movement and maybe how has it impacted you as a person and as a young woman So in girl guide I've been now this is my third year in girl guiding I was not I was a scout in primary high school and then when I got to my college I got of the girl guide so the girl guides were existing so we are like girl guides and scoutings are different so I had to shift to girl guide but scouts are our brothers so we have different program with them but we are just closer to them so how it has impact my life is like girl guides in girl guides we have we are being taught how to speak we can face like me I couldn't stand in front of people I talk and right now through the programs we have in college but we are being sent to go and teach other young girls so I just have that courage of facing people and standing in front of people speaking to kids it has impacted a lot in me so she talked about programs maybe share with us what kind of programs you have so we have quite a number of them that I get was training girls on different things for instance we have one called Free Being Me or ABC Action on Body Confidence that teaches girls that is one of the programs that she went under that teaches girls to just accept who they are and be free in themselves and accepting a standard of beauty that is not shown necessarily but that everyone is unique and we are all beautiful in our own rights we also have some that train on leadership we want girls to start being leaders of themselves of their community before we even start wanting to be leaders of the world we also have one called Yes South to South that takes girls from Kenya to other countries to learn on other things and practices and then they also come back to Kenya and also either share common practices that can improve the movement other than that anything to do with the environment menstrual hygiene management and so much more you as Ivy how has the being a girl guide impacted your life as a young woman, as a leader I will say it's given me purpose unlike her I've been a girl guide for almost 19 years so you started from I started when I was young I think around 6 years so I've gone through all those stages and I've seen how that has helped me develop as a person holistically I don't depend on maybe pressure or what is popping or what people are doing out there but it has given me a sense of direction and purpose and just wanting to do that for other girls is what has kept me in the movement Right, so Fidelia what are you doing currently in terms of impacting and teaching these programs to younger women and where are you doing that is it the universities, the secondary schools all the for the last program we had was about stop the violence and we were going to schools the primary schools the young ones and now I was facilitating a school in South B and just that topic stop the violence I've just got to learn a lot from girls the young girls face a lot at home and when we were going through that program teaching them being open to talk to me some things that even their teachers didn't know and I felt nice that I have that privilege to help as a child until when they went for a break there's a girl who came to me and told me that my dad has told me to stop going for the girl guiding things because you went and shared what you were sharing you should not allow any even your dad, your uncle your house help touch any part of your body you know they are young and when we teach them that they go back and they tell their parents and some of them come back and they are like we don't want to go my parent told me I should not go back to Kenya girl guiding so you know we always just talk to them and their teachers connect to their parents in that they should just bring them closer so that we can teach them but we found that I found out that in secret and they need to be spoken to and you know someone to share with so that they it can be heavy because these things you carry them all the way to your adulthood I can see that you have several, I don't know what you call them badges she has one I think it depends how I walk, she calls me a tourist because I'm not even based here I'm based in Mombasa but you'll find me going all over the places so we in girl guiding or scouting as well we normally hand badges with what we do or share badges with friends so for instance if I've experienced something with you and you want to exchange, it's a way of extending friendship and also acknowledging the things that you've done because we've not been paid it's not a job like the way someone will run and get a medal so as we have we get badges that's interesting so these young ones that you are speaking to maybe for example if you find a case like what Fidele is saying you have found young children who are facing a lot how does that impact you as well and do you work with other organizations maybe to help these children that are going through such things for instance when she was saying stop the violence with such programs we have to partner with offices of gender so that if you get such a case in a school you can raise it we don't just teach them to speak about it we also empower them to seek help and we link them with organizations that can come in child protective services and also show them steps they can use schools nowadays government schools there's always someone assigned to such particular needs that can even help in the cases where parents are trying to interfere so it's not just telling them and then letting them hang the reason why our movement doesn't have an age limit or an expiration date is if we've recruited you to the movement it's more beneficial if we keep you so that when it impacts you you can also go back and impact other people yes I know there's someone asking themselves like me if you have never you are not a scout sorry I'm not a scout scout is the boys so if you're not a girl guide from high school, primary school campus can you still join the movement you can at whatever age or stage you're welcome to join for Kenya Girl Guide you can reach out via our webpage that is www.kgga.co.ke or any of our social media and someone will definitely get back to you or if your school does not have a unit you can call us the reason why we have young leaders is most of us are a link between the schools and the organization what are some of the activities you have other than counseling, speaking to young ladies what are some other activities that you have as Kenya Girl Guide association any activities one thing about Kenya Girl Guide or the movement itself is it's very informal from camps to whatever you want to organize as a group we can decide to just go for a walk either if it's a walk to create awareness or just a walk for leisure picnics arts events cultural events international exchanges and the programs don't end they have no infinity and you can always create whichever you want there's that freedom what are some of the challenges you've experienced as a young leader you've talked about having that privilege to speak to young children you know, mentor them and help them be better people maybe you can give us the downside of doing what you do keeping in mind that she said that you're not being paid yeah so like with the kids you go to their schools you want to nini request for a chance to speak to them maybe their teachers are very strict they don't give you that time you call back to the office to tell them the office are like you just talk to them and you have to go through because you have to nini go through with them with the program and then sometimes also after taking through nini the kids through with the program they like they want to help from you so like they will be coming to you teacher, I don't have this I can't be provided for and you know we are doing a volunteering job so we cannot like sometimes you cannot provide pads for everyone pads are always being provided in schools and some teachers don't give out so the kids are always coming to us teacher, I don't have a pant I don't have this and you know you are volunteering so you can't even provide for everyone and they see you and when you stand there teaching them they see you you can help them so those are the challenges we face that's unfortunate so would you encourage young parents maybe to push their daughters to become part of this association from an early age because you see this is an advantage there is and my dream would be for every girl in Kenya to be part of such a movement because it offers a safe space to grow and explore who you are without influences that can take you to a negative side because like personally I know I have grown up very adventurous but very safe and amazing thing for every little or young woman to go through somewhere where you can be challenged if you are shy give you opportunities to come out of your shell if we know there is something you are good at we maximize it so that by the time you are maybe getting to an older age you are a master at it and anyone any young woman not necessarily just young parents or kids if you want to join the movement yeah so how can people join the movement if you don't mind telling us joining the movement like she had already said you can go to our website you get our details we are in Facebook here in the YouTube, Twitter and then you just communicate to us through and then there is someone who will fix you in cause it doesn't matter the age you are but when you are a young child amma you have a daughter you want to fix them go to the school and communicate to the school and the school will be communicating to them so thank you so much ladies for coming we appreciate your insight for words and maybe as we wind up if you have any parting shots fine words that you would like to say my parting shot is just to reach out to girls who are members of Kenya Girl Guide Association and this year we had one campaign we were focusing on that say yes girls can stand for peace and so far so good elections in Kenya are very tough and girls and women are normally affected so much by the consequences of such things happening so it's just to reach out to girls so that they can spread peace within their community so you can start with your home maybe your brother is someone who is a bit violent and just tell them you don't have to do that or your brother or your father or your uncle or your neighbour and collectively that would make the world a better place Fidelia just pass to the girls the Kenya Girl Guides and the ladies outside there that you should be proud of yourself and you should stand firm and not be brought down by anyone and just spread peace so thank you so much for making time to join us we appreciate the time and yes if you are a young lady if you have a daughter push them towards that direction let them start early and if you are likely you can still start now so thank you so much we appreciate your time once again and we hope to see more of you know these initiatives and seeing women being empowered and doing big things in the society do you have any song you'd like to listen to that is Kenyan not necessarily you're not a big song person you're not a big song person Fidelia any song that you would like to listen to that is Kenyan any that you love any that any that you would like to listen one that I love i request mine yes so yes the one that I love i request mine so we play okay yes and remember our hit me track paletuita so head over there cast your vote naju alo meto angushabad We are coming back with the game. Right about now, let us listen to the request by our beautiful ladies.